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                <text>This poster was created by the Richard Floethe, Director of the Federal Art Project's NYC Poster Division. His training at the modernist Bauhaus in Germany shows its influence in stylized illustration and bold, simple lettering. The Federal Art Project Gallery, which opened on 27 December 1935, was a frequent venue for painters in the program.</text>
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                <text>Library of Congress, Prints &amp;amp; Photographs Division, WPA Poster Collection, &lt;a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/98513588" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;LC-USZC2-959&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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                  <text>This collection of more than 200 paintings owes its existence to two primary causes: allocations from the Federal Art Project to a New York state tuberculosis sanatorium located at Mt. Morris--the landscapes and still lifes were thought to be restful--and to the committed volunteers who helped preserve the paintings after the hospital closed. For several decades the canvases were stored in non-climate-controlled basements; it appears that doctors and staff removed at least three dozen works as "keepsakes." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite the seeming tranquility of the paintings, they were created by artists primarily from New York City whose background was more political and aesthetically adventurous than this rural location would indicate. &lt;a href="https://openvalley.org/exhibits/show/green-new-deal/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Follow this hyperlink to a short introduction to the New Deal Gallery collection&lt;/a&gt;. We're grateful to the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts for access to their collection, which has been re-photographed and appears here at two resolutions: a cropped, web-friendly file size of around 1 MB; and a high-resolution file including the painting's frame.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Items in this collection were created according to a consistent format: a short description of each painting in formal terms, followed by a biography of each artist. Where possible we have supplied hyperlinks relevant to their lives and to other examples of their art. In order to better view them using the Omeka program, click on the "View All" option at the bottom of this page to access various sorting options.</text>
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Additional research: Justin Anderson, Jessica Apthorpe, Jay Bang, Kristopher Bangsil, Julia Caldwell, Sydney Cannioto, Sabrina Chan, Paige Closser, Victoria Domon, Elana Evenden, Yadelin Fernandez, Michael Griffin, Madison Jackson, Niamh McCrohan, Ben Michalak, Ricky Noel, Elizabeth Ramsay, Skye Rose, Samantha Schmeer, John Serbalik, Marianna Sheedy, Emily Spina, Alison Stern, Ravenna VanOstrand, and Nicholas Vanamee.&#13;
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Special thanks to: Deborah Bump, Mark Calicchia, Elizabeth Harris, Melissa Moody, Rebecca Lomuto, and Mai Sato.</text>
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                <text>Striking design maintains accurate details of common marigolds in a glass vase or jar, while experimenting with simplified blocks of color. The nearly monochromatic background is variegated using brushstrokes and different thicknesses of paint. Nash’s decision to use a clear vase adds complexity and may be the still life’s most distinctive feature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;About the Artist&lt;/span&gt;:&#13;
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                <text>During the time of the Geneseo Migrant Center, this farm located near Gainesville, NY was one of Wyoming County's group of major potato producers. The scale of that operation is suggested by this photograph showing rows of filled bags, at the time picked by hand using migrant farmworkers. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;oday Marquart Farms has, to some extent, differentiated itself from commodity producers by creating its own line of &lt;a href="https://thenewyorkchip.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;"New York Chips"&lt;/a&gt; that are sold in retail outlets. It also has a large storage operation that brings in another stream of income.</text>
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                  <text>This collection of more than 200 paintings owes its existence to two primary causes: allocations from the Federal Art Project to a New York state tuberculosis sanatorium located at Mt. Morris--the landscapes and still lifes were thought to be restful--and to the committed volunteers who helped preserve the paintings after the hospital closed. For several decades the canvases were stored in non-climate-controlled basements; it appears that doctors and staff removed at least three dozen works as "keepsakes." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite the seeming tranquility of the paintings, they were created by artists primarily from New York City whose background was more political and aesthetically adventurous than this rural location would indicate. &lt;a href="https://openvalley.org/exhibits/show/green-new-deal/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Follow this hyperlink to a short introduction to the New Deal Gallery collection&lt;/a&gt;. We're grateful to the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts for access to their collection, which has been re-photographed and appears here at two resolutions: a cropped, web-friendly file size of around 1 MB; and a high-resolution file including the painting's frame.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Items in this collection were created according to a consistent format: a short description of each painting in formal terms, followed by a biography of each artist. Where possible we have supplied hyperlinks relevant to their lives and to other examples of their art. In order to better view them using the Omeka program, click on the "View All" option at the bottom of this page to access various sorting options.</text>
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                  <text>Cooper, Ken (project director)&#13;
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Additional research: Justin Anderson, Jessica Apthorpe, Jay Bang, Kristopher Bangsil, Julia Caldwell, Sydney Cannioto, Sabrina Chan, Paige Closser, Victoria Domon, Elana Evenden, Yadelin Fernandez, Michael Griffin, Madison Jackson, Niamh McCrohan, Ben Michalak, Ricky Noel, Elizabeth Ramsay, Skye Rose, Samantha Schmeer, John Serbalik, Marianna Sheedy, Emily Spina, Alison Stern, Ravenna VanOstrand, and Nicholas Vanamee.&#13;
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Special thanks to: Deborah Bump, Mark Calicchia, Elizabeth Harris, Melissa Moody, Rebecca Lomuto, and Mai Sato.</text>
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                <text>Inside a home, a woman plays the upright piano while her dog rests at her feet, creating an intimate and cozy scene shaped by concentration and routine. A single lamp casts a limited pool of light across the piano, leaving the rest of the room in shadow and drawing the viewer’s attention to her focused posture and the sheet music in front of her. The music she’s playing is titled &lt;em&gt;Sonata 3 by Botts,&lt;/em&gt; giving a subtle hint toward the artist himself. The book next to her music is titled “Study, WPA 1938 NYC” by Botts, along with an agility exercise book behind it. By putting his own name on the sheet music, Botts has inserted himself into the print while also blurring the line between the woman’s artistic practice and his own. By placing his name on the music she plays, Botts suggests a connection between creating art and performing it, positioning himself as both observer and participant in this domestic moment. The composition reinforces this sense of closeness: we see her in profile from only a few feet away, as if we are standing beside her. Small details like the soft wooden texture of the piano, the patterned rug beneath the damper pedal, and the individual hairs on the dog deepen the cozy domestic atmosphere. Even the metronome mid-swing emphasizes rhythm, discipline, and the steady labor behind artistic work. Together, these elements create a scene not just of a woman practicing music, but of the intimate, concentrated world of artistic creation that Botts subtly aligns with his own identity. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;About the Artist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Born in New York City in 1903, Hugh Pearce Botts was an accomplished American artist. He studied at Plainfield High School in New Jersey and Rutgers University and later received his formal art training at the National Academy of Design. His teachers included Roy Hilton, Charles Curran, Charles W. Hawthorne, Ivan G. Olinsky, and William Auerbach-Levy, whose diverse approaches, from impressionism to portraiture to caricature, shaped Bott’s development as a painter and printmaker. Botts went on to work with various institutions, including the Carnegie Institution, Queens College, Princeton University, Pennsylvania State University, Syracuse University, and the American Museum of Natural History. His professional work ranged from landscapes, cityscapes, and industrial architecture to portraits of working-class subjects. He also created prints that depicted scenes of home life, often using cartoon-like facial features to express emotion and concentration. This expressive quality is especially visible in his &lt;a href="https://nationalacademy.emuseum.com/people/1149/hugh-pearce-botts" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;self-portrait&lt;/a&gt;, painted in oil on canvas. 94 works and sketches at &lt;a href="https://magart.rochester.edu/artist-maker/info/42?sort=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Memorial Art Gallery&lt;/a&gt;. 18 works at &lt;a href="https://collections.newarkmuseumart.org/search/Botts" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Newark Museum of Art&lt;/a&gt;. 3 works at &lt;a href="https://onlinecollections.syr.edu/advancedsearch/Objects/people%3Abotts" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Syracuse University Art Museum&lt;/a&gt;. 2 works at &lt;a href="https://americanart.si.edu/artist/carl-gustaf-nelson-3511" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Smithsonian American Art Museum&lt;/a&gt;. 8 images at FAP. 6 images at &lt;a href="https://art.gsa.gov/search/botts" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;GSA&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;</text>
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